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Tommy_Carcetti

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14. Well, he was kept prisoner of war for 5 years, and supposedly volunteered to stay...

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 02:52 PM

Sep 2017

.....when others got freed.

So your opinion, consciously or not, comes off sounding a lot like Donald Trump's infamous opinion.

I don't agree with a lot of McCain's politics, but I think it's pretty much settled he went above and beyond the call of duty during his time in Vietnam and deserves praise for that.

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I am watching McCain on Ken Burns "Vietnam" on PBS [View all] BigmanPigman Sep 2017 OP

Well, he said he loved his wife dalton99a Sep 2017 #1

Which one? jmowreader Sep 2017 #9

BP, we shall see. mobeau69 Sep 2017 #2

it escapes me how anything he did in vietnam makes him a hero beyond surviving which msongs Sep 2017 #3

His "heroism" as a senator is about equal to that of an BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #5

Millions HDSam Sep 2017 #7

Although I will disagree with most of McCain's views GeoWilliam750 Sep 2017 #8

Well, he was kept prisoner of war for 5 years, and supposedly volunteered to stay... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #14

I'd really like to see President Warren or President Franken or President Booker MrPurple Sep 2017 #4

I still really want to see President Hillary Clinton. haveahart Sep 2017 #11

Ditto Little Star Sep 2017 #12

Double ditto! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #13

No doubt, but going forward, someone else is going to have to carry the torch MrPurple Sep 2017 #15

Is he a hero because he wanted regular order? Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #6

Every Congressperson who already takes a non-grandstanding position... Guilded Lilly Sep 2017 #10